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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!hookup!nic.hookup.net!wingham.com!fraser From: fraser@wingham.com (Fraser Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: TCP/IP in FreeBSD vs. Linux Date: 29 Jan 1995 22:57:37 GMT Organization: Wingham Online Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3gh6h1$hs8@nic.hookup.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: wingham.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I'd like to hear some completely unbiased (I know it's hard!) opinions on networking in FreeBSD vs. Linux. I may be providing dialup Internet access. I've been using Linux for about 2 years. I see many FTP sites running very high capacity sites with FreeBSD (such as ftp.cdrom.com), but very few sites that run Linux. Perhaps this should tell me something? I would prefer to use Linux to FreeBSD but I want to know if the networking code is reliable enough first. If I must switch to BSD to get reliable networking then that is what I'll do. I know someone who is networking with Linux and he finds his SLIP connection very unreliable when under load ... of course it's unfair to compare networking over analog phone lines with a digital connection. I do think that Linux offers better hardware support (am I wrong on this?) but it appears that the networking code is not up to par with FreeBSD (yet). Does FreeBSD support many multiport boards suitable for modems? I would love to be told I'm wrong on this so please give me your opinions! I am a Linux fanatic but I do want to use whichever is more reliable. How different would using BSD be from using Linux? Thanks ... Please Email replies to fraser@wingham.com!